Alexander J Westermann
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Damigos S, Caliskan A, Wajant G, Giddins S, Moldovan A, Kuhn S, et al.
Adv Sci (Weinh)
. 2025 Jan;
12(9):e2411233.
PMID: 39807570
Studying the molecular basis of intestinal infections caused by enteric pathogens at the tissue level is challenging, because most human intestinal infection models have limitations, and results obtained from animals...
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Venturini E, Maass S, Bischler T, Becher D, Vogel J, Westermann A
Microlife
. 2025 Jan;
6:uqae026.
PMID: 39790481
Bacterial small proteins impact diverse physiological processes, however, technical challenges posed by small size hampered their systematic identification and biochemical characterization. In our quest to uncover small proteins relevant for...
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Ruttiger A, Ryan D, Spiga L, Lamm-Schmidt V, Prezza G, Reichardt S, et al.
Nat Commun
. 2025 Jan;
16(1):208.
PMID: 39747016
Paramount to human health, symbiotic bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract rely on the breakdown of complex polysaccharides to thrive in this sugar-deprived environment. Gut Bacteroides are metabolic generalists and deploy...
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Vollmuth N, Sauerwein T, Foerstner K, Westermann A, Schubert-Unkmeir A, Lam D, et al.
Microbiol Resour Announc
. 2024 Nov;
13(12):e0045524.
PMID: 39526785
(Group ) strain COH1 is a representative strain of serotype III, multi-locus sequence type 17, which is disproportionately associated with neonatal meningitis. Here we report the transcriptome of COH1 when...
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Hamrock F, Ryan D, Shaibah A, Ershova A, Mogre A, Sulimani M, et al.
Nucleic Acids Res
. 2024 Aug;
52(18):11283-11300.
PMID: 39149883
Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic Gram-negative pathogen that infects critically ill patients. The emergence of antimicrobial resistant A. baumannii has exacerbated the need to characterize environmental adaptation, antibiotic resistance and...
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Vollmuth N, Bridgers B, Armstrong M, Wood J, Gildea A, Espinal E, et al.
J Bacteriol
. 2024 May;
206(6):e0008724.
PMID: 38771039
Importance: Group B (GBS) meningitis remains the leading cause of neonatal meningitis. Research work has identified surface factors and two-component systems that contribute to GBS disruption of the blood-brain barrier...
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Ryan D, Bornet E, Prezza G, Alampalli S, Franco de Carvalho T, Felchle H, et al.
Nat Microbiol
. 2024 Mar;
9(4):1130-1144.
PMID: 38528147
Plasticity in gene expression allows bacteria to adapt to diverse environments. This is particularly relevant in the dynamic niche of the human intestinal tract; however, transcriptional networks remain largely unknown...
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Jenniches L, Michaux C, Popella L, Reichardt S, Vogel J, Westermann A, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2024 Mar;
121(14):e2308814121.
PMID: 38527194
RNA decay is a crucial mechanism for regulating gene expression in response to environmental stresses. In bacteria, RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are known to be involved in posttranscriptional regulation, but their...
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Zhang K, Repnik U, Diab N, Friske D, Putz A, Bachmann A, et al.
J Exp Med
. 2024 Feb;
221(3).
PMID: 38305765
The intestinal epithelium is the first line of defense against enteric pathogens. Removal of infected cells by exfoliation prevents mucosal translocation and systemic infection in the adult host, but is...
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Prezza G, Liao C, Reichardt S, Beisel C, Westermann A
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2024 Jan;
121(6):e2311323121.
PMID: 38294941
Microbiota-centric interventions are limited by our incomplete understanding of the gene functions of many of its constituent species. This applies in particular to small RNAs (sRNAs), which are emerging as...